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Phenolic Bisabolane Sesquiterpene Derivatives from an Arctic Marine-derived Fungus Aspergillus sydowii MNP-2

Author(s): Zhiyang Fu, Xiangzhou Gong, Zhe Hu, Yujie Zhao and Huawei Zhang*

Volume 14, Issue 7, 2024

Published on: 26 January, 2024

Article ID: e260124226350 Pages: 6

DOI: 10.2174/0122103155279752240104050411

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Abstract

Background: Filamentous fungi in the genus Aspergillus are well known for their important roles in production of bioactive secondary metabolites with diversely chemical structures and potential application in pharmaceutical industry.

Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the phenolic bisabolane sesquiterpene (PBS) derivatives from an Arctic marine-derived fungus Aspergillus sydowii MNP-2.

Methods: In this study, antimicrobial activities were carried out according to the broth microdilution assay, nitric oxide (NO) production in mouse macrophages (RAW264.7) and BV2 microglial cells was used to detect the inhibitory effect of compounds in inflammatory reactions, and in vitro inhibitory cell proliferation activity was determined by the cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8) assay.

Results: In this work, chemical investigation of an Arctic marine-derived strain A. sydowii MNP-2 led to the isolation of 11 PBSs (1-11) using various chromatographic methods. Their chemical structures were unambiguously determined by 1H NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry analyses as well as comparison with literature data. It is noteworthy that compounds 1, 7 and 11 were firstly obtained from A. sydowii. Antimicrobial assay showed that these chemicals had no potent inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Candida albicans with MIC values > 16 μg/mL. Additionally, the inhibition of nitric oxide (NO) production in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)- induced inflammation in mouse macrophages (RAW264.7) and BV2 microglial cells were all below 10% for compounds 4-6 and 8, indicating almost negligible anti-inflammatory efficacy. Among the tested compounds 4-6 and 8 for tumor-cell proliferation inhibition activities, compound 5 demonstrated the strongest inhibitory effect against human acute promyelocytic leukemia cells (HL-6) with a 44.76% inhibition rate.

Conclusion: In the present study, 11 PBS derivatives were purified and characterized from the solidand liquid-state fermentations of the Arctic marine-derived fungus A. sydowii MNP-2. Unfortunately, none of these metabolites had significant antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, or tumor-cell proliferation inhibition activities.

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